Community Arts and Sciences Building, Common Ground School New Haven Best Project The $9.6-million Common Ground School’s Community Arts and Science Building
The 180 students of Common Ground High School do more than study urban farming and sustainability. They live it each day, in
BY AMY PARULIS · DECEMBER 8, 2016 I guess I should start off by saying I was an elementary school teacher for
NEW HAVEN >> Common Ground High School, an environment-themed charter school in the city, is using a $75,000 grant from the Environmental
“Fueled by a $75,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, New Haven’s Common Ground High School has launched Teaching Our Cities—a new
NEW HAVEN >> There was a time when Fatou Cisse would not have considered herself what she calls “a woodsy person.”
Even birds will eat junk food. Eugenio Garcia, a rising senior at Common Ground High School, waters a tree planted last
NEW HAVEN >> The city is home to ospreys, peregrine falcons and bald eagles, but Craig Repasz of Hamden, president of the
NEW HAVEN >> This spring and next fall, at least 1,250 New Haven elementary students will venture into the woods of West
By Mandy Breuer, Principal at Environmental Charter High School and Joel Tolman, Director of Impact and Engagement at Common Ground “That much